Articles for category Roads
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Rocky View County is committed to providing ongoing and transparent communication as it becomes available on the provincial SR-1 Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir project. Current road closures and detours due to the project are: Detour for bridge construction on Township Road 242 west of Highway 22. Read More...
Friday, April 1, 2022
Rocky View County will be conducting street sweeping on various hard-surface roads within the County as outlined below. Please ensure vehicles are removed from the roadways between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on the scheduled days. These dates are weather dependent, and any changes will be updated Read More...
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Rocky View County will be conducting street sweeping on various hard-surface roads within the County as outlined below. Please ensure vehicles are removed from the roadways between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on the scheduled days. These dates are weather dependant and any changes will be updated accordingly. Read More...
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Rocky View County has heard concerns that parked vehicles along and adjacent to Cochrane Lake Trail are creating undesirable conditions for other road users. Residents who use the road are invited to complete a brief survey on this matter. The survey is available until Sunday, January 31, 2021. Read More...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Rocky View County is considering speed limit changes on sections of Range Road 31 and Township Road 245 in Springbank.Tell us what you think about this proposal. The survey closes on August 12, 2020.
Thursday, June 18, 2020
The 2020 spring thaw on Rocky View County roads was one of the most severe in decades, with significant damage of close to $2 million reported on asphalt and chip-sealed roads throughout the County. This amount is approximately double the historical average annual asphalt repair cost incurred by the Read More...
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Update, May 29: Langdon: Completed Bearspaw: Completed Springbank: Completed Harmony: Final Sweep June 1 Bragg Creek: May 29 – June 3 Sharp Hills/Eastside/Conrich: June 3 – until completionCrews will be doing annual street sweeping as outlined below, weather dependent. Please ensure vehicles are Read More...
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
In an effort to mitigate the impact of a difficult 2019 harvest season, Rocky View County Council has voted on a one-time road ban exemption for agricultural producers.Farmers who need to remove unharvested crops from their fields are asked to contact the County by emailing roaduse@rockyview.ca or Read More...
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Rocky View County is well equipped to tackle its 5,000 lane kilometers of roads to keep them free of snow and ice throughout the winter.Our winter plan focuses on two levels of roadways when prioritizing, and here’s how snow clearing priorities work: Priority 1: Main service roads and/or roads Read More...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Repairs are underway on more than 30 paved and chip-sealed roads across the County. Crews are completing these repairs over the next few weeks as part of the County’s annual road maintenance program.Work on several bridge rehabilitation and road construction projects will also take place this year. Read More...
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Here is a spring roads update from Rocky View County’s Transportation Services.Street sweeping has commenced in urban settings where higher amounts of winter road sand accumulate. Balzac will be swept first, followed by Watermark. Langdon sweeping is scheduled for the week of April 23. Bearspaw, Read More...
Monday, February 25, 2019
Rocky View County Council has approved $900,000 to help fund improvements to the intersection at Highway 566 and Range Road 11, just west of Balzac.The County and Alberta Transportation have agreed to a cost-sharing plan that would see the current four-way-stop intersection replaced with a traffic Read More...
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Rocky View County is bringing its 2018 road construction season to a successful close, with $16.59 million in rehabilitation and improvement projects undertaken.“Rocky Viewers rank our road network as their number one priority,” says Reeve Greg Boehlke. “Council has listened, and we’ve put an Read More...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Rocky View County road crews will begin installing temporary snow fencing this week on County roads. This fencing helps reduce snow drifts on the road.Snow fences are typically: Installed before ground frost sets too deep Placed 25 to 35 metres from the edge of the road Stand 1.2 metres Read More...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Alberta Transportation has agreed to Rocky View County’s request for a safety review of Highway 9, between Highway 1 and the Town of Beiseker.On May 22, the County sent a letter to Alberta’s Minister of Transportation requesting the review after a crash that killed three people and seriously injured Read More...